Lost in Thy Arms
"And you've been miserable enough lately."
The words landed somewhere deep, unexpected. Maria looked down at her plate, at the bread she'd barely touched, suddenly unable to meet his eyes.
"I'm not miserable," she said quietly.
"You've been hiding from me for a week."
Her head snapped up. "I haven't been hiding."
"You've been avoiding eye contact, leaving rooms when I enter, and I'm fairly certain you've been taking the stairs to avoid sharing the elevator with me. That's hiding, Maria."
She opened her mouth to deny it, but the words died in her throat. Because he was right. She had been avoiding him—since that stormy night at the office, since the moment everything between them had shifted
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